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Al Qadr
Al Qadr
Al Qadr
English translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Mohamme d Marmaduke Pickthall an d Muhammad Habib Shakir
097.001 YUSUFALI: We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power: PICKTHAL: Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Predestination. SHAKIR: Surely We revealed it on the grand night. 097.002 YUSUFALI: And what will explain to thee what the night of power is? PICKTHAL: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is! SHAKIR: And what will make you comprehend what the grand night 097.003 YUSUFALI: The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. PICKTHAL: The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. SHAKIR: The grand night is better than a thousand months. 097.004 YUSUFALI: Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by Allah's permission, on every errand: PICKTHAL: The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees.
SHAKIR: The angels and Gibreel descend in it by the permission of their Lord for every affair, 097.005 YUSUFALI: Peace!...This until the rise of morn! PICKTHAL: (The night is) Peace until the rising of the dawn. SHAKIR: Peace! it is till the break of the morning.